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A word I want to see written on my grave: I am alive like you, and I am standing beside you. Close your eyes and look around, you will see me in front of you.

Khalil Gibran

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Khalil Gibran
Age: 48 †
Born: 1883
Born: January 6
Died: 1931
Died: April 10
Painter
Philosopher
Poet
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Jubran Khalil Jubran
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Our worst fault is our preoccupation with the faults of others.
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The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.
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And that which sings and contemplates in you is still dwelling within the bounds of that first moment which scattered the stars into space.
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A God who is good knows no segregation amongst words or names. And were a God to deny his blessing to those who pursue a different path to eternity, there would be no human who should offer worship.
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Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.' Say not, ' I have found the path of the soul.' Say rather, 'I have met the soul walking upon my path.' For the soul walks upon all paths. The soul walks not upon a line, neither does it grow like a reed. The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals.
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And is not the lute that soothes your spirit the very wood that was hollowed with knives?
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And some of your elders remember pleasures with regret like wrongs committed in drunkenness. But regret is the beclouding of the mind and not its chastisement. They should remember their pleasures with gratitude, as they would the harvest of a summer.
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Tell your secret to the wind, but don't blame it for telling the trees.
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My Lebanon is a flock of birds fluttering in the early morning as shepherds lead their sheep into the meadow & rising in the evening as farmers return from their fields and vineyards.You have your Lebanon and its people. I have my Lebanon and its people.
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Life is but a sleep disturbed by dreaming, prompted by the will the saddened soul with sadness hides it's secrets, and the gay, with thrill.
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What is this world that is hastening me toward I know not what, viewing me with contempt?
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When you look closely people are so strange & so complicated that they're actually beautiful.
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A shy failure is nobler than an immodest success.
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Your fear of death is but the trembling of the shepherd when he stands before the king whose hand is to be laid upon him in honour.
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You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.
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The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain... When you are joyous look deep into your heart and you will find that it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.
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For if you bake bread with indifference, you bake a bitter bread that feeds but half man's hunger.
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